Asia Malaysia Nestlé Malaysia expanded Project SAVE, the company's voluntary extended producer responsibility initiative to reduce plastic pollution, in the frame of efforts to create a waste-free Malaysia
Asia Iraq Washington has rejected Iraq's request for $1 billion in cash from the Federal Reserve, on fears that it contradicts efforts to curb Baghdad's use of the dollar and stop the flow of illicit money to Iran
Asia Afghanistan The death toll from earthquakes in western Afghanistan has risen to more than 2.000 after hard-to-reach areas were hit by Saturday's magnitude 6,3 tremors
Asia Azerbaijan Azerbaijan's president said his country is ready to hold talks with Armenia on a possible peace treaty after it recovers the Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh
Asia East Timor Seasonal workers from East Timor experience a drastic decline in health and economic well-being after their return home according to Australian research
Asia Mongolia Mongolian students will be able to study at universities in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, from 31 December 2024, by agreement for 200 places for Bachelor's degrees, 40 places for Master's degrees and 20 places for PhD degrees
Asia Pakistan Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities and towns of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for their demands, including exemption from electricity taxes and subsidised wheat flour
Asia Singapore Two premium, prime location, projects in Kallang and Tanglin Halt have been launched as part of Build-to-Order October and comprise 2.116 out of 6.800 flats for sale
Asia Tajikistan Nizomiddin Nasriddinov, a former activist of the opposition movement Group 24, was sentenced to 8½ years in prison on charges of making public appeals to forcibly change Tajikistan's constitutional order
Asia Turkey Turkey has become one of the worst countries in the world for Internet freedom, according to the latest report by the Observatory for Human Rights
Asia Iran Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, VP of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, 'who has been fighting against the death penalty and for women's rights for years, and who is still imprisoned in Tehran'